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San Jose’s Iconic Sainte Claire Hotel Acquired

Aju Hotel Silicon Valley acquired the Westin San Jose from SCH Hotel, an affiliate of Wolff Urban Development, for $64 million. The 171-room property is commonly known as the Sainte Claire hotel, and is located in downtown at 302 S. Market St.

The sales price works out to roughly $374,000-per-room. The property underwent a restoration in 1990, and was renovated again in 2015 and rebranded as The Westin San Jose.

The hexagonal, six-story hotel was built in 1926, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Weeks and Day, the prominent San Francisco architectural firm, designed the hotel.

The Westin San Jose is the second reported acquisition by an Aju unit in the Bay Area. In 2015, an affiliated entity controlled by South Korean-based Aju Hotels and Resorts paid roughly $53 million for the 354-room Holiday Inn at 1350 N. First St. in San Jose.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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